NOW
NOW AT
NOW AT FOUR THIRTY WE'RE KEEPING AN EYE ON SEVERE WEATHER IN OUR AREA.
A TORNADO WATCHES NOW IN EFFECT
FOR MOST OF THE METRO AREA AND
IT WILL BE WITH US UNTIL 6:00
THIS EVENING.
A REMINDER THAT A TORNADO WATCH
MEANS THAT CONDITIONS ARE
FAVORABLE FOR A TORNADO TO
HAPPEN.
AND ASIDE FROM THAT, WATCH OUR
WEATHER TEAM TELLS US OUR
BIGGEST THREATS TODAY WILL BE
DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STICKING
WITH US HERE FOR THE
NEWS AT FOUR THIRTY ON RUFOUS.
YEAH.
AND I'M BILL MCGINTY.
+@
YEAH. AND I'M BILL MCGINTY. THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.
THE STORM HAS ALREADY CAUSED+@
DAMAGE IN OTHER PARTS OF THE
+@SOUTH.
THIS IS VIDEO FROM A TORNADO
THAT OCCURRED IN TUSCALOOSA,
ALABAMA.
THE TORNADO DESTROYED A HOME
AND SOME NEARBY POWER LINES.
THE TORNADO WAS PART OF A
SERIES OF STORMS THAT LEFT A
PATH OF DESTRUCTION ALL THROUGH
ALABAMA AND MISSISSIPPI.
WE'VE GOT TEAM COVERAGE OVER
THE NEXT TWO AND A HALF HOURS.
WE WANT TO S+@TART WITH CHIEF
METEOROLOGIST BRAD PANOVICH.
BRAD HAS BEEN TRACKING THE VERY
LATEST TIMING OF WHERE THIS
STORM IS AND WHEN IT IS GOING
TO BE HITTING BRANT.
I TELL YOU WHAT, BILL, I'M
WATCHING THIS STORM IN YORK
COUNTY VERY CLOSELY BECAU+@SE WE
+@ JUST HAD A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING ISSUED FOR MECKLENBURG
IN YORK COUNTY BECAUSE OF THIS
STORM.
BUT IT HAS ME A LITTLE
CONCERNED BECAUSE THERE ARE
SIGNS OF ROTATION WITHIN THE
MID AND UPPER LEVELS OF THIS
STORM AND THE LOOK OF IT ON
RADAR IS STARTING TO TAKE ON
THAT LOOK THAT WE TYPICALLY
SEE WHEN STORMS START TO
PROVIDE LOW LEVEL ROTATION.
THIS IS PROBABLY ROTATING IF
YOU'RE IN LAKE WYLIE, IF YOU'RE
IN AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN
MECKLENBURG COUNTY, THE
+@
IN AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN MECKLENBURG COUNTY, THE PALISADES AREA MCDOW NATURE
PRESERVE AREA, THAT AREA THEN
HEADING TOWARDS STEEL CREEK,
PINEVILLE, CAROWINDS, A
NORTHERN PART OF FORT MILL
TOWARDS THE PINEVILLE AREA.
I'M GOING TO WANT TO GO AHEAD
AND MAYBE GET TOWARDS THE
MIDDLE OF THE HOUSE JUST TO BE
ON THE SAFE SIDE WITH THIS ONE,
MAKE SURE T+@HE KIDS ARE INSIDE
IF YOU KNOW ANYBODY THAT LIVES
IN THAT AREA,+@ SHOOT THEM A TET
REAL QUICK, MAYBE CALL THEM.
I WOULD+@ JUST RATHER BE OVERLY
CAUTIOUS WITH THIS STORM.
THE ENVIRONMENT THE HEAD OF IT+@
IS CONDUCIVE FOR STORMS TO
ROTATE AND I'M GOING GO IN
CLOSE AND KIND OF SHOW YOU A
STORM TRACK OF THIS BECAUSE
THIS STORM IN PARTICULAR IS
PROBABLY THE STRONGEST ONE
WE'VE SEEN AND IT'S MOVING
RIGHT INTO THE HEART WE'RE
TALKING ABOUT TEAGASC AT 440,
LAKE WYLIE AT 440 THREE PINE
HARBOR AT FOUR FORTY+@ FIVE,
PINEVILLE RIGHT AROUND 450
SEVEN AND THEN SOUTHERN PART OF
CHARLOTTE AT AROUND FIVE 11.
MATHEW'S THAT HOLDS ON FIVE
SIX.
LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT I'M
TALKING I'M GOING TO SWITCH
OVER TO OUR VELOCITY DATA REAL
QUICKLY AND THIS IS ON THE WES+T
SIDE OF OF LAKE WYL+@IE.
CAN YOU SEE RIGHT THERE THESE
BRIGHTER COLORS?
THOSE ARE WINDS AWA+@Y FROM THE
RADAR SO THE WINDS ARE BLOWING
TOWARDS LAKE WYLIE, THE REDS
AND THEN YOU GET INTO THE
GREENS HERE BLOWING TOWARDS THE
RADAR.
SO THERE IS BROAD ROTAT+@ION ON
THE WEST SIDE OF HIGHWAY TO
SEVENTY FOUR.
THIS IS SOUTH FARMAND ROAD HERE
SOUTH OF FORTY NINE+@ JUST NORTH
OF ONE SIXTY ONE HERE IN YORK
COUNTY.
SO THAT'S THE AREA OF CONCERN
RIGHT NOW THIS COULD DROP A
TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO
WARNING HERE ON THE WEST SIDE
OF LAKE WYLIE CROSS OVER T+@HE
LAKE BUSTER BOY BRIDGE IS RIGHT
HERE AND THEN HEADING INTO
AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN
MECKLENBURG COUNTY.
WE JUST GOT ANOTHER RADAR PASS
THERE AND THERE IS CLEARLY SOME
BROAD ROTATION RIGHT THERE.
AS I LOOK AT THIS, I'M CHECKING
WITH A COUPLE OF OUR SPOTTERS
DOWN IN THAT AREA AND SO FAR I
HAVE NOT SEEN ANY GROUND TRUTH
TO THIS.
I'M WAITING FOR SOME PEOPLE TO
SEND ME SOME SHOTS FROM DOWN IN
THAT AREA BECAUSE WE'VE GOT A
LOT OF SPOTTERS DOWN IN THAT
AREA.
BUT AGAIN, AT THE VERY LEAST
THIS IS PRODUCING SOME HAIL AS
WELL.+@
SO IF YOU'RE IN THIS AREA I
WOULD GO AHEAD AND GET THE CAR
IN THE GARAGE BECAUSE
POTENTIALLY THERE IS SOME SMALL
HAIL EMBEDDED IN THAT LINE
RIGHT THERE OVER CONCORD
PINEVILLE FORT MILL, THAT KIND
OF LITTLE SOUTHWESTERN CORNER
OF MECKLENBURG COUNTY.
AND I KNOW WE HAVE I THINK
CHLOE WENT DOWN THAT WAY
HOPEFULLY IF SHE'S LISTENING,
PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU STAY SAFE
DOWN.
THERE'S THAT STORM MOVES.
SO CURRENTLY IT'S JUST A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING AND I EVEN
I DON'T EVEN LIKE SAYING THAT
BECAUSE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNINGS THEY CAN BE STRONG.
REMEMBER YOUR HOUSE DOESN'T
CARE WHAT PRODUCES THE WIND,
WHETHER IT'S A TORNADO OR
STRAIGHT LINE.
IT'S GOING TO DAMAGE ALSO
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS BY
DEFINITION CAN OFTEN PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO
WARNING.
SO BILL, WE'RE KEEPING SORRY
WE'RE A LITTLE LONG WINDED
THERE BUT WE'+@RE GOING TO KEEP
SO BILL, WE'RE KEEPING SORRY WE'RE A LITTLE LONG WINDED THERE BUT WE'+@RE GOING TO KEEPA
CLOSE EYE ON THIS STORM BECAUSE
POTENTIALLY WE COULD
SEE A TORNADO DROP OUT OF THIS
AT ANY MOMENT THOUGH AND IT
LITERALLY C+@AN JUST DROP RIGHT
DOWN OUT OF IT.
YEAH, AND THE WHOLE REASON+@
WE'RE KIND OF DOING THIS IS
BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, S+@OMETIMES
THE WARNINGS DON'T COME OUT
UNTIL THE TORNADO WAS ON THE
GROUND.
WHAT WE'RE SEEING HERE ARE
THOSE INGREDIENTS, THE
PRECURSORS TO A TORNADO IN
THESE VICINITIES AND
METEOROLOGISTS AISHA SCOTT IS
IN HERE WITH ME AS WELL.
SHE'S MONITORING THE SITUATION
AS IT MOVES TOWARDS LAKE WYLIE.
ONE THING I WILL TELL YOU JUST
LOOKING AT IT AS WELL THERE ARE
SOME PRETTY LARGE HAIL IN THAT
STORM.
SO I MENTIONED IF YOU ARE IN
THAT AREA OF LAKE WYLIE, GET
THE CAR IN THE GARAGE
IMMEDIATELY.
THOSE BRIGHTER RET+@URNS RIGHT
THERE THAT IS THAT SOME HAIL.
THERE'S CERTAINLY SOME SOME
HAIL C+@OMING OUT OF THAT STORM
AS IT'S NOW ABOUT TO CROSS OVER
LAKE WHILE IT'S JUST SOUTH OF
THE DANIEL STILL BOTANICAL
GARDENS THERE SOUTHEASTERN
GASTON COUNTY, NORTHEASTERN
PART OF YORK COUNTY,
SOUTHWESTERN MECKLEN+@BURG COUNY
HEADING TOWARDS SHOPPED AND
ROAD AND YOUNGBLOOD ROAD.
THAT AREA RIGHT DOWN THERE
RIVERGATE AREA DOWN THERE AS
YOU GO DOWN SOUTH TRIAN HEADING
TOWARDS THE LAKE.
SO WE'RE GOING TO KEEP A CLOSE
EYE ON THAT BILL.